Huo Qing fought with Xue Tieshan, and the two sides were entangled and fought while walking.
Wang Chan, who was ordered by Huo Qing to launch a surprise attack on Yangqu, met Lu Fengxian who came to support him on the way.
With this new force, and the fact that Yangqu has no general, it would be a joke if we still can't take Yangqu.
Lu Fengxian and Wang Chan joined forces and rushed into Yangqu in an almost brutal manner, capturing this important town of Taiyuan.
There were only a few thousand defenders in Yangqu, who were killed and forced to flee in all directions. Such a big commotion soon alarmed Xue Tieshan. When this guy heard that his old nest had been captured, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
He clearly smelled a hint of conspiracy, but he still relied on the Hedong Army's reputation of being invincible in field battles and insisted on defeating Huo Qing first before worrying about anything else.
Don’t you know that the Art of War says “Show them movement, benefit them from stillness and have control.” Huo Qing made a sneak attack and gave him a big reversal, suddenly throwing him from the top of the cloud where he was being pursued strongly and invincible, into the bottomless abyss.
However, Xue Tieshan was an old general in Hedong after all. When he heard that Yangqu had fallen, he just cursed angrily, then immediately changed the front formation to the rear formation, and then the rear formation to the front formation, and slowly retreated to Jinyang.
With the fall of Yangqu, the advantage between him and Huo Qing was reversed in an instant. If he continued to act on his own will, he would be destroyed in an instant. He still had some use for this knowledge of him, so naturally he did not dare to continue to tangle with Huo Qing.
Even halfway through the journey, Xue Tieshan tried to send scouts to notify Cheng Huaixin and Wang Xingshen, wanting them to retreat immediately.
Unfortunately, his actions did not succeed in the end. Huo Qing would naturally not allow a defeated army to stir up trouble. How could he let Xue Tieshan ruin such a good opportunity to defeat Cheng Huaixin and Wang Xingshen
All the scouts sent by Xue Tieshan were eliminated by him.
Huo Qing and Lu Fengxian met in Yangqu and immediately made a decision to let Wang Chan garrison Yangqu. He and Lu Fengxian immediately headed north to raid Cheng Huaixin and Wang Xingshen.
At this time, Zhu Li, who was stationed at Tianmen Pass, had already sent Gao Siji and Ji Kui to attack Li Sizhao in the east; and ordered Zhou Dewei and Gai Hong to go south to Jinyang to prepare to capture the ancient city of Taiyuan.
At Tianmen Pass now, besides Zhu Li, the only general left is Gao Mian.
Zhu Li was carefully looking at the map of the entire Hedong at this time, while Gao Mian was standing calmly at one side, and the entire meeting hall was silent.
At this moment, a guard suddenly rushed over with an anxious look on his face. Zhu Li, who heard the noise, suddenly turned around, looked at the man calmly and said in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"
The guard looked at Zhu Li's calm and composed expression, and his anxious expression relaxed a lot. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the opportunity to sort out his thoughts, and knelt on one knee and said, "General, General Gao Siji and General Ji Kui sent a message, they need urgent support."
"How is this possible?" Before Zhu Li could respond, Gao Mian on the side exclaimed.
Among the five brothers of the Gao family, Gao Siji is the strongest one in terms of military strategy, tactics, martial arts and bravery.
In Gao Mian's opinion, his second brother was ordered to attack Li Sizhao yesterday, and he needed emergency support just one day later. This was something that would never happen.
"Nothing is impossible." Zhu Li frowned slightly, turned to Gao Mian, and warned in a deep voice: "On the battlefield, the situation changes rapidly, and anything can happen."
When Gao Mian heard this, although he still had an expression of disbelief, he did not dare to refute, but a trace of worry appeared on his face.
Zhu Li turned to the guard and said solemnly, "Tell me, what's going on?"
The guard received the order and immediately said, "General,
The Hedong general stationed in Jingxing was Li Keyong’s adopted son Li Sizhao.
"General Gao arrived at Jingxing and challenged Li Sizhao at the Jingxing Pass, but failed, which greatly damaged the morale of our army. Li Sizhao took advantage of the situation and attacked, and General Gao was defeated and fled for dozens of miles, losing nearly half of his 13,000 elite troops."
"According to my speculation, General Gao should have sent a fast horse to ask for help at midnight."
"Li Sizhao, Jingxing Pass?" After listening to the report from the guard, Zhu Li's face was as gloomy as water and he remained unmoved.
According to his memory, Li Sizhao was not very famous in later generations. The reason why he was mentioned mostly was because he was one of the Thirteen Guardians.
But in fact, Li Sizhao was definitely a famous general in history. He was a man who always kept his words, was calm, resolute and kind. He was even more powerful when leading the army alone. It was not surprising that Gao Siji was defeated by him.
Although Zhu Li didn't know much about Li Sizhao, the fact that he was able to defeat Gao Siji was worthy of his attention.
"Gao Mian"
"My subordinates are here"
After a short pause, Zhu Li suddenly said, "I must go to Jingxing. I'll leave Tianmen Pass to you. This is an important frontier for attacking Taiyuan. You should know its importance, right?"
"Yes, General." Gao Mian responded immediately with a serious expression.
"I order you to defend this place and not to attack rashly."
"Yes," Gao Mian responded immediately without any hesitation.
Now that even his second brother Gao Siji has been defeated, what else is there for him to be proud of? He dares not even question Zhu Li's orders.
The Gao brothers were brave but lacked wisdom and strategy, otherwise in history, they would not have been eliminated by the Later Tang Dynasty without anyone noticing. For the sake of the safety of the rear, Zhu Li had to give a serious warning to Gao Mian.
Zhu Li led only 4,000 soldiers out of Tianmen, marched eastward all the way to Jingxing.
Because they were all cavalry, they marched very quickly. They set out in the morning and arrived at the outskirts of Guangyang County just after noon.
The remnant of the Heshuo army led by Gao Siji and Ji Kui were now hiding in the city, confronting the pursuing Li Sizhao. (Guangyang: now Yangquan)
Zhu Li did not enter the city, but bypassed Guangyang County and appeared directly in the east of Guangyang County, which was opposite Li Sizhao's camp.
Suddenly, a group of Yue cavalry appeared and stationed at the foot of Guangyang City, instantly attracting the attention of Gao Siji and Li Sizhao.
Gao Siji was very familiar with Zhu Li's flag. As soon as he saw the flag, he knew who was coming.
Not daring to delay, Gao Siji quickly took Ji Kui, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city with thousands of remaining soldiers and came directly to Zhu Li.
"Greetings, General."
"Greetings, General."
Driving their horses closer to Zhu Li, Gao Siji and Ji Kui bowed in shame.
Zhu Li turned his head and glanced at the two of them. He saw that their eyes were bloodshot and their armor was tattered. Although they looked disheveled, they seemed to be fine, so he felt relieved.
"It's good that everyone is okay. Are there many injured? Are they receiving proper treatment?" Zhu Li started by asking about the condition of the injured in Heshuo.
How can there be no death in a war, and even more so, no wounded? As the commander-in-chief, Gao Siji had to make the most of his small efforts to achieve a great outcome during the war, and after the war, he had to provide proper compensation to the wounded.
He obviously didn't do the former, always thinking he was so powerful, but ended up falling flat on his face; if he couldn't even do the latter, Zhu Li really had to consider whether to let him lead the troops.
“General, rest assured. After I entered the city, I searched for doctors and all the injured brothers have been properly treated.
"Gao Siji quickly replied respectfully.
It has been nearly a year since I followed Zhu Li. Zhu Li's reputation for cherishing his subordinates is not only famous in Heshuo, but also widely known throughout the world.
This title was not boasted, but was won by Zhu Li at the cost of his life in Wei Bridge.
Of course, this is also the reason why the Heshuo soldiers became excited and crazy and were eager to die when they saw Zhu Li’s flag. The king regards his subjects as his brothers and the subjects regard the king as their confidant. This is the simplest truth.
Upon hearing that all the wounded had received proper treatment, Zhu Li nodded. At this time, Li Sizhao on the opposite side also led his troops out of the camp and confronted Zhu Li.
Li Sizhao, who had just left the camp, became nervous as soon as he saw Zhu Li's flag. In his eyes, the other party was waving the flag of the "king" of Heshuo.
Although there were many generals in Heshuo, there was only one who held a flag with the word "Zhu" on it, and that person was Zhu Li, the Huaihua general of Heshuo.
Moreover, although the number of Yue cavalry under the "Zhu" flag is small, their military appearance is very majestic, giving people a feeling of being as steady as a mountain and invulnerable.
In front of the Yue cavalry army, a general wearing a golden helmet and black armor stood on his horse with a spear in his hand; his eyes were opened and closed like a tiger, and he was awe-inspiring without even getting angry. His power spread throughout the country, and he was as majestic as ever.
He naturally recognized Gao Siji, the defeated general, who was standing solemnly beside the general.
Li Sizhao naturally did not look at Gao Siji, but looked behind Gao Siji in astonishment, at those soldiers who were in a mess and had blood on their armor. Are they still the remnants of the Heshuo army who were killed by him and cried for their parents yesterday
Behind Gao Siji, countless Heshuo soldiers who were in tattered clothes and dishevelled faces now had bloodshot faces and bright eyes, as if they had suddenly taken a powerful pill, giving people a feeling of vigor, bravery and fearlessness.
Compared to yesterday, no one would have thought that this kind of mental state would appear in this remnant army.
What exactly made them feel refreshed and rekindled their fighting spirit
Could it be the general with the golden helmet? Why does he have such great magical power
In just a blink of an eye, an army with collapsed wills was reborn from the ashes and turned into an elite force that was willing to fight to the death. What kind of power is this
Perhaps, this is the power of faith and worship.
This problem obviously lies with the general who came.
Seeing Li Sizhao leading his troops to fight back, Zhu Li didn't say anything and tapped the Wind-Tearing Beast's belly lightly. The Red Hare suddenly rushed out of the army formation and galloped straight to the battlefield between the two sides.
Zhu Li held his spear across his chest, glaring at the countless soldiers from Hedong, and said in a clear voice, "Zhu Li from Shuozhou is here, Li Sizhao, do you dare to come out and fight?"
"Do you dare to come out and fight?" This simple sentence is both an invitation to fight and a contempt.
When they heard the other party's name, not only Li Sizhao's face changed, but the faces of all the soldiers in Hedong also turned ugly.
A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Zhu Li is only eighteen years old, but his fame is like that of a veteran who has been famous for decades.
Five years have passed since he appeared in the world's sight. During these five years, he spent almost most of his time on horseback. His world-famous achievements are beyond the reach of even Li Keyong.
Of course, for Li Sizhao, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Zhu Li is not only a world-famous commander, he is also a fierce general, a fierce general who has only been defeated once so far.
Anyone who is a general will feel solemn when hearing this name. It is a kind of respect and also a kind of admiration.